Cincinnati Reds’ offense comes out of the All-Star break ice cold

The Cincinnati Reds have one of the worst post All-Star Game starts offensively in MLB this year despite having two batters in the game.

The Cincinnati Reds finished the first half of the season sixth in the National League in runs scored.  They were fourth in home runs in the NL and eighth in all of the baseball.  Since the All-Star Game, though, the Reds have not been so good.

Since the ASG the Reds have only scored 21, tied for worst in the NL.  That is only an average of 2.6 runs per game.  Only the fire sale Chicago White Sox and the fast fading Los Angeles Angels have scored less in the second half.

The Reds are only batting .221 in the second half and are worst in the NL by a large margin.  Once again the Angels and another AL West team, the Texas Rangers are batting worse out of the break.  Both of the AL teams have hit more home runs, though.

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The Reds are tied for the fourth fewest home runs post ASG in MLB and second fewest in the NL.  The San Francisco Giants have the fewest home runs since the break with four.  The Giants have still outscored the Reds by ten runs since the ASG.

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Joey Votto and Zack Cozart have gone in different directions for the Cincinnati Reds since playing in the All-Star Game.

Cozart started the ASG for the NL and is still one of the hottest hitting shortstops post break.  Among starting NL shortstops, only Addison Russell of the Chicago Cubs has a better OBP than Cozart.  Cozart is also tied for the MLB lead in home runs by shortstops since the break.  He also has a donkey he needs help naming.

Looking at Votto’s stat line, though, and you would think that it is April.  In the week of games since the break ended, Votto only has four hits, all singles.  He has also struck out six times or about once per game.

No other first baseman in the NL with at least 20 post break at-bats has such a low batting average as Votto’s .154.  Only two in all of baseball do.  Both of them, though, have least scored a run in the second half unlike Votto.

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The Reds are on the verge of trading Cozart to make space at shortstop for Jose Peraza.  When that happens, Votto will be the only All-Star on the Reds for the rest of the season.  Hopefully, Votto will look more like the perennial MVP candidate he usually is, than whatever slumping slugger he is imitating now.